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FOR THE SMOKER According` to estiniatos made by the Rt. Rev. Dr. G. Exton I.lo_\ ;l, Bishop of Sasl:utehe\\`an, that prov- ince has room for another empire north of Prince Albert and North Bzittlefonl. The bishop has jtist. completed a six weeks tour of the limits of settlement in his di0ce.=.e, : covering 2,-100 miles, and estimates 1 that homes and livings for 250,000 could be provided in the country N3- i ferred to. |fx`ost on the 22nd of I !not as savage as he `MD The adverse balance shipments through Canadian against United States ports is be- ing steadily reduced, according to ) statistics compiled by the Marine Department. In 1916 only 91,082,- 702 bushels of Canadian grain were shipped through Dominion ports, where as 165,940,989 bushels were shipped through the States. The figures for 1923, up to September 1st, on the other hand, show that Canada. now ships nearly half her grain through her own ports. Dur- ing this period the amount regist- ered has been 108,548,485 bushels despatched via Canadian ports and 120,628,438 via those of the United` States. of grain ; as _ 1 4 1 4 y I I CUZISL, Ull.` canned mi aha (Vnm. 1 Novemnher was V 2 szuid it wouldil -. Relief for Famine Sufferers I an vuncuuvcr nuuuu:-,_v_ .\up}nI\:n nu: .... ... A rapanritv -ztock 9! ships stores, sufcien: :'\ix~tmim. on r(:i|Cl duty off the _lapanest'.- i`1\ B. min: carried consignments of flour. hcr cargo space cravnnicd with fon ;!t`.'i fthc [impress of Canada and the iu.;irc~_=' uf Einprcss of Russia was the first rciici U) .11` amounting to 350 tons. from th_c Canau _ uenty tons of canned milk and fury tons 0: other canned foorl-stus. while the Vancouver ed an initial s_hipment of fty tons of our for their famine stricken. countrymen. .\`Iore.~ 2 of the Russia's" three thousand tons of cargo was of Hour `ian gnvermnum. The British Columbia branch 0!. ` BARRIE BUSINESS COLLEGE Thz1\'o,j11s1` instnod an 0m`i1'01_\* new model of Slcafc S11-aI{pc11ing' 1\l'z1<:l1i1m FEATURING THREE STONES Fine, Medium and Course It s11ar}w11s _\'o111' s1<:11`os in :1 \\'a)' tllat you never b0fm'e had the ]n'ivil0g'0 of 0njoyi11g. Bring Your Skates to Us to be Sharpened and Be Convinced. ]?]`}M]*]M.BER VVE USP] TITIE ;\[.-\CI:l1N]C \V.HIC1*I Hollow Grinds Perfectly UNITED SHOE REPAIRS V. L. VANATTER What_.!..9E!!.3.9fF_I!.C.? Fl` 15 N()"l.` )lI'}l)l(`l.\'lC-N()'l` L.7,...3E2J..J .~e...{ nr mm-ml imm11.~r-;~' x'u. i Phone 406, Barrie. McClary s Electric Ra.I1__e`s.-aI.1_d7 Circulating Water Heaters Sold and Installed. WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF ELECTRIC IRONS 110$ PLAT1+]S TOASTERS HEATERS LAMPS BULBS, ETC. House Phone 698. Important to --SKATERS-- lt l`:1ys In _\Hvnd the '.. W. ROBINSON --.-v .__ ___i Sl'l{('-lRY-T\'()'l` ()S l`l`}()l';\'l`H1 vrn In .. .,.:.\..4:nh ....`AI..\.`l -0` ".1 Electrical Contractor FIXTURES AND 1 SUPPLIES DRS. 101 DUNLOP STREET BURNS QITHURSDAY, DECEMBER`. 27, ~ 1923 60 Elizabeth Street. Shop 1028. Menlbvr of 131 \l. ni-. 0 in New Year s Greetings J. Grzuluatos assisted to positions Begin any day. \V. A. l`l RNER, - Prop. Best Wishes For 1924 ` Thursday ` morn- ce. 123 D_un1op Street, sqription $1.50 per year .and Great Britain. $2.00 States._ Subscriptions in advance. Advertising. 11 application. Morrison 5:, ie,. ,Pu.b11she:rs. 1 l~J.\"l'.\l3l.l.\'Il|~ID 3 phone. Ste11og`ra.p11y, Book- keeping, Banking Higher Accounting and Auditing, Add- ing Ma.chi`.1e, Dicta- Nothing makes :1 more = acceptable or 21pprnp1-i- -ate CI11'istm:1.s' gift than one of our Priced at $7.00 Free Information. I26 \'E.\ HS `I ll\:ilLv uulu. ` Tvhe nalrces of Bamrie 1nzny be ini lgood shape, bm the suweets certainly: `are not. i . _, ` What u grezlt world this would be if the Christmas spiritt (or the Christian spirit) so noticeaible Last week, was carried throughout trhe I'l\I\II '" 1 'l`h`-.11 was a ne Oh1'istn1as presenl that Kent, N.B., handed to Premier `king last. week. One is enough. I E Co]. Jolhn C-urxvie is {L can.dida.te f01'_the .\Ia3'or's seat in Toronto. The Colonel has been c1i'm|bin.g the ladder of fame fast since he lefn` North Si-mcoe. SASIENI BRUYERE PIPES at $6.00 Alf. Hamlin TOBACGONIST Next to the Barrie Inn Did you give a Chrishnms present to some one who could not give you one back? If you have not you have yet to 1r.>:.u'n the meaning of txhe {Hue Christmas spirit. I I Every .\la_vox* says than he has isacriced his personal interests fox: ithe zood of ~1.he town. It isn't fa.ir `to allow a man 1.0 do that too long, so Bar1'i=- should elect a new .\Ia`_\'.or for 1924. Let some one else do a limtle sacricin,-z. Hon. `.00. I . G1'z111am, discu-ssi115.: the Calmclsizxn National Ra.i)wzL_v re- cently. said: "We have` two t'11in;;s in its 1`z1\`o1'. \Ve have the longest line and the lwigjuest. p1'(--siden in the \vorl(1." l`hmt ollrzht to help a whale 101. \\"h+-n the C.N.R. is act- 112111) paying: for itself we \\'i1`1 E1_`.{I`!-`Pl with the poini. i l .\l0n(l:1_\' will he nominzltinn (lay forlll -xlm Council of 1324, and H is lmpml] Hlmt Ilw r,-iltizens will tum 0111 in|_ 1:-0n 111nnhm'.`;j. 'l"u0 0l't.e>n the citi-i -2+`-ns \\'lm shuultl av most illlemslotl iin Ilw l1\vn's wel~l'zn'e l`0l]lillll u;I_ lmnm on nu1ni11:1ltim1 1ll!.:'l1l, with llwj" !'<=.~'11ll that (*zLmli(lz1:1os are placed inn: lthe ll(,'l(l \vlm.arc= not suitable. \Vv A .....n.1 Hhn ham -,1\: .uhlp mum in: `U10 ll(,`l(l \\'HU_';ll't" HUI >|l|||lII)lt:. 1 11119011 11110 hes! z1\z1i1-.1h1e 111911 }o`1c0. If_ P.;11`1`ie is to he thv 10' `we \\'0111(1 all 1.il<<* it to he 1l1e1'e 1 |so111e pmjeols which 1111131 he 91:1 red 211111 ('2H'I`i(`f1 t111`011_:h in 1110 11: 1`11111`e. \\'e I10(`(1 b11. s.< 1111-11 :1 111911 with \'i. Cm11x= 0111 110111 11111011 11i::ht and :~`111)\\' 1111 il1I1'(`f-`E 1110 1m\'11`s \\'9II':11'<~. I With this issue we M-loss` 01' uno-tuher yreur. 10111` 1'(=zu]m's it has bee .`...I nu-n.~nnu-Ex \- tn Qjm` and pr0.s'pm'n_\', ll) >I)mI-- 2. u...~_ ;hI'()ll`_'ht szxrllwss and 21 Invk 01' Ihvf lunud thi11;:.< 0`. life. 10 211] ii has . lhv j(HH'1]l'_\' ui` life h_\' 21`, _\`v:11`. I1 is \\'e]1 to ltmk hack ovmw 1.110 _\'v:11' and 1'v\'i(=\\' wlmt we h21\'<~1 ncco-mplished, hm ii is not well to .11w in Ih-- pawl. If we lmve t'z1ile:l to '.1('cmnp1;i:<.11 2111 111:1! \\'e woud like to have-. that is no wznson why we should give up. The now year is h=1'01'9 us. unsoilvd. \\'h:11 arn we gain}: In n1ul 01' it '3 0111' slxccess or our 1`-uilure cannot be ostimz1Ie(l` ' .).\n.. n\I\l` -Jae cnmn mighti runnc Nonnuons on :t 7.3 I)on% Rlonday f0rgeL evening Happy New Year to all. 101' ()III' lillllllt` CLXIIIIIIL ux: \-`Il,|II|(|,n in (l0ll2u's and cunts as some might] suppoz hut l`1ll'hQl' in 1119 ol1a1'acIex's`. we have built, in the service we luau`- I I . . `1'<=n(l(-=1'e In our le11ow_man. It Wei will be able to say :1-t the (And mi 1.`!`.Z4 that we liave helped to lighten: {he load of SOIHL`. one, it we have l)1`mI:.{hL joy and haippiness to somel one, the ye-.m will not be :1 failure.` . I I The conditions of the streelts 01` Barrie during the past week when the snow had disatppeared, must have reected on some of our citizens: At their best our streets are not an adve1'Lise.1nen1 to a live up-Lo-datte town. Dhere has been no penn1an- ent work done on the streets of Bar- iiie for tnuny years, apart from 21 little on Hayeld street. Consider- able ntonoy is, ho\ve\'er, spen-`t every year on l`GplliI'il1f.C and pzutching tip. As election time is with us a.<.._'zt.in it` would be wise to have the matter brought up and discttssed. The idea. of nn :1 , 01'. nnmhu \~1:.iI1-U` [)l`U1lj_'llL ll}! unu ulhcllanuu. nut tuvum of (>l11tbz1t`]\'vlll1: on it schetno 01", perntatwn-t street construction tn-uy _not be popular in sotnn quarters. bllll, it would be less expentsive in the 10115.: run than to he spt-tt(l,in_; l~.t.t-:t- sums eveny _\'(i`{L1` in ,pu.tclting up,` which must he (lmw. We m-orll it live l )ll`SlllPS counctll in thol Ch:1lt)l)t`l`S in 1024. A council that` will t'nt'mttlut< - n tlulltlite plan and} i I 1 i t,....`.-.- :. l`\I'l\Illl`I , NOTES AND COMMENTS ` l'1`Rl\'IH'lI . Charge !" lH\,' Hldll >uunI\-1|. - III" Plillillll Halt !" The lm1`. nh(-yvd. Thv-" man ippc-:1 old Jnhn it quurtvr. The next du,_\' two young mo -II` sinppo-d John and zlsked him to mhv (hmn In Ihv stutimm as quickly as possible. 3 .\`11Itin1,v. '.:e.n'l'mon." said J0hn.'l I (lit right in." Ho gzmllered up thr- reins and shouted: Make ready! The horse broke into a tiallon and soon r('~a(*.he(1 the st;21=ti0n. an on " rnrulv invnn tn`-n l`nInn ; his fares. LTHIIUU ZlIl".X FUUH l(`kll'alI(7ll I-IN`! .\l/Ll'vl|Ull Git rc-.\z1d_v_to jump. g'-,n'l'1non," John lookin_z fri;:htened. shouted to I've done forgot de wold` what stops him." i l()IH()'l` l(`iUl and p1`()spm'x1., tn ni11;:.< ..I uh. imurnm Hllllilll` Ll lhI`()\l_4h. 'rH 1-: E-RSDAY, DECEMBER 2 7, 19'--: `UIIPU. \\ll1ll :11!` C; 5 stxccessh I nvher ollaraclersi - \" :ilI . 1`) : been :1 on .-:\Inn (`().\Il1l.\'.\"l`l().V l.'l\ll' I Pd old 1 Lin. . . nu-u In; m\\'n" '.H`e st:u't-{ \ 1wz11`i (`0NSl'Il`s\'_-\'l`l\'E (.`.\.\'l)ll);\'l`l'} \\'|NS K|`}N'i', .\'.|i., El*.l1I(,"l`l().`.'_ | In the l)_\'-eleetion ion l`:l1L11"sdaLy last, the Conservzitives {won another seat lroun the Go\'ern- ]met, when _-\1ex:tn(le1' jelected by at lllilj0l`l-L) oil" over T.he election was made 11ece:s'swi'_v `by ithe clezutli of A. T. Lyer, Liberztl. Ewho in the last general elec;Lion car- `ried the seat by 21 Inajority ui 1,523. A turnover oil` over 17Uu` votes in the two _\'ezLrs indiczutes 21 grewt re\'ersal of popular In this by-election the Govex-xmiiem le-tit no stone un.tnw1In-ed to hold the seat. It put its vete1.1ns in elect.ion- eeming in~to tlhe field and gzL\'e them pretlty large 1-mtiitude for aucLIi.oneer~ ing the .t`a\'o.rs and paitrornage it possesses. Every possilble el t`0r.t \\"as made by pronilses and falselhoodls to hold the riding for the Goverminent. The .Vlinister of Marine and Fisher- 'ies p1som.i'sed that Kent C`oun~b_v mo-ultd be exempntecl t'1'o~m the en- fomenient oil` the lshevy regulaitiiouns which call for monnited oicers. Doucet was Mr. Copp, Secreta.ry of State, proim- `L-sed to pint throulgih PaI'l`i*ZllllleI1t nexit SE`.SlSl`Ol1 a measure to ensure the c0n:struc~t.iIon Olf a 11ew railroad in Kent, nunn:i=n5.: frovin Rirchtixbucto to Bimtoiiclle. Mr. E. 'Ilheria:ult, of Quebec, took up the nztval issue and blamed Mr. .\l-eighen for tlhe closure rule and for prreparin;.: the \v`ar-lhne elecxtion act. In diiscussiivlig the re- sults the successltil candidate said :` HT nrwr|II:|`\I'\ v\\\- xv:nI:\iInv 4n D1111 rIr~<-tin 200.' owpiniiion. ` in Kent, N.l`...! I i U). l\L`l 1w\bnu5_:`}1t. I A Gift of a Dainty Box of GOOD CHOCOLATES I l l``() 1` :1 l\`lllllC` guluv AU! 1.1.41 nun ur ` `mhout l-`el)1'11ar_v 5th, April lath Io! Bmuh, llw I`u'. \\'(=,vk in June, Ju1_\`{ ilsl, Octr)bt,=l' 23111 and l)ecwn1l)-1'1 '22nd, .=-tzmetl .\Ir. J. B. Bmvos 04'? `Cl1at.s\vo1`t.l1t0 Tlw 1)u.i1y .\`1111-'I`i1m_s.; as he p1`e.=r.-mm] 21. co-py 01' his wea- 1.l1(--1` l'0xec.a:~:Is for 111] cmxling yz1r.'. VI: :11 I S`:\i101';<. :~'l1 t';11'n1eI's and : 0t`h()]-S, whose r_)pm`uIions dopvml `; ,1zu'L`el_\' on 1119 \\`ezLI!1e|', will, mm o 3dm1l)i, lwar tl1r~.=e ll2lI(`5 in mind. -_r1~+:1.1 nmn_\' .\ e:u`;~:, winlh un- 1 I .. 1 I1 11 n `1`.! lDlIl'lQ (UK? DLIKCCC-.`.3llll \.7(lllLIll1(lL\` Btllu . I ascrilbe my victm`_v to the dissati-s-. Imctloll zm1on_L: 1:110 people over the I11-a11'a:gem1ent of the Czmadizm Nation- al Railwzly and the sam'i`l"1cinL' of Inritime interosts in ve:'_v many in- stallcns. .\Im'e0\`er, the people or` the county rvsentetl Ixhe horde-s oil`; ca;n1~pai,:11e1's hl`0ll_L."11Y down frmn`; Quobec and ()n`Iaa'i0 to tell 1110111! l|how they shnulvd vote. In 21 \v0r `the retult s}1n\vc-`(I th.'1.l hhe pewpxez I of Kem Coumy could not be! ; xmumhr H 1 . l}()\\' I'I.\' \\' I`).-\ 'l' H I4] I K |"()l{|<}('.\. S l()l{ 192.: i iizis : 0.21011 . 1')l`0\'I`(i I` III fzifiiinz il `LII K` chi I`f"f41i1l11`iL\`. issiis-(1 yezii`. luau) .c.u:. mu uir` Mr. J. I}. B0\ves. 21 \\'euti1(-1' 1'0`:-oozisit fur`, and his i`r;i'e':zisis iialvv` co1'1'ect such :1 Slll'D1"iSiI1`_L'i_\'; 'iz1i`::0 iiu:inb~1' oi` Iii]]H?S Uitlii t,he,\' zirej `2l;:\*I'L\' N01 \`\'i).l('h(1 only are his for ezich S(.`2lSi)1i. fore-t.`zi: wiilely, - read in this di.r`.ri(~i, him, his pm0;.'iit)s- ticzitiuiis are iuoiu-(1 for in im1n_\' sections 01' Ontario, and even of tho Fniitod Siiiies. .\i1`. Boxves ability in i.hi.< direction is 1'r>c0;:'i1i'/.vd by the: \'el'_\' wide iimm'(=s-1 which is taken ouch _\'P:1l` in his \\"0-l`-R. In ziiiiiost every home. rxspecially in the rnrzii (i`iiSl]`iC!tS a. copy of Mr. B0wes' un- nuval f0i`.'CZl!~`IiS is kept for rei`ei'ence.I Here is \\-'h*at he says submit 10`)! N ;1924: ` 121.11 . 1 Ja.1111ary--V'r:r_\' mild and calm. l F(>.bl'll21l',\'-;\bOlll 5th 01' the llmonth tnhere will be quite it stomnl iof w-ind and snow. The balance of [1119 montlh will be mild, calm and :1 vwxv 1 ul _\ . 3 .\Izn'cl1#-Ve1`_v mild. I .-\vpri1--~li1'st. ha.l1', quito. mild aml! ldry, but frmn the 15th to the 201th [there will be 3. very pronounced lst.o1'n1 of wind. rain and snow. 'I`.he 5rean1ain'de1' of the mon..Lh will be vi-I`.\' 1 mild. . I \I.... TN/sn`:`nI1`\v um.-rn -and :11-v 3 `llll.lU. _ 1 .\l`a`_\'--Dc\c=i \va.11m and dry. . I June~r-ln the first ten (lays ul1e.x'e, `will be very strong and persistenc winds. with l1le':1\'_V rain and fmsts, Wm] 21 s.t1'011:,: possilbiliaty of 21 SX1.0l\V stonm. The balance of the mon:l.h will be (les.pe1'a.1el_v \\'zu'm, \V`i`I.'h mm {in thn la.: week. .]ul,\'----T110 limt xveek tlmro will he he;1\"_\` rains, and wind. The re- maimlm- 0!` the lllllwtlh will be m.c>l_\' \\'a.rm and (l 1') . \:rnv\.l.I\\]\nII Iii.-cf uvnolr .\vi'|1 kn V HI-l`l_\ \\ dIl'Ill illlll I :~`c-pin-n1be1'----Firs icon] and later vn until 1119 27411. W] may be expeciml. (\r-rt (\hLXI`./ ':.:r\' 1 I I i inlay we expeuwu. I 0cd0her-Very mild and dry until tho 2.\`th. wiwth st.rI0n;: winds, 1'a.in_ `snow and frost. I \~n..,....1\,... 'nn.-.:,x..,H.- u-nu-In -mrxi Never Fails to Please. 5llU|\\v illlll ll~U>l. 1 N0\`en1br.-1'-- r-D(;`.(`-i(l!`(H.\` ; dry. I I Y\4.n.\...1uu- l.`u-at \I'nm`.' 1' wi;1 r`1.` 1 S! t h. 4`wr, . .~.. `nun - 1.110 5 1 1 `it. .\ 1.-11111.`. 11a:111}' ywnplu i11 il1'.\` 1li:<-i 11-191, 111111 1l11-n11}.-110111 On11z1.1'io, h1l\'(`r 001111: 10 Ilw o0111~l11. th-.1.1 i1 \\'o11l1l i lw i1111m. le> 1'01` ;1n_\'m1o to l'()I'(*(1`d:\`Il 1l1. xx-o:11'l1v1' as he has limw, and in 1 (lo it so c01'1'e(~1.l_\'. and still guess 211 His 1l1e0r_\`. as he has expl-a1i119 it, ;1.ppea1's to be foasilble, an-(l 11111-st he cm-.1 ea-1. th e I 1'0\'i11c1- \\ is entitled to J. B. Bowes. the wezLt.her man 01` Cli:LtsIwortl1. Ont. ' \Iw nnuuvnb I`n1~nn4\L`n Fur {kn `Inc! If there is any man in` _lll0ll8`l21I`) or o1.l1e1' such fllnds, M. is` \rlliLL>'\\UlLll. Ulll. .\Ir. Bowes` foreczxsts for the 111.5! fom-Uh months of 1923 ha.ve been ] decidedely coneot. \wLt.h one ezrcention. {the storm of wind, rain, snow and The stronr.-; lire globe 1'01` out +11, \ . Inonl 0 I)vr,`<>11Ihm n .1 n -!ir;-I \\'m=k very l!\ m\\' and : rn: uhout .11, no` I... I\\I\v\1`\ v \r-|_\ \Vi.lllll when frost .-..l 21.}1 Ill Ilt` U1] U1` th, I(){ wk J111_\"- Ill . 0:I' ` .\`nn-Ti1m..<. Lhn . 0 '|\\:.\v,~ und- winds '\-`I I -311 The Northern Advance wcrek will ho warm and dry I and 2'zLin iI'U.\l lll|Ul|l thv nmmh .udn<=, wind. 1 \'I`l'_\ 00111 :1": wing Iild. :1,bo1 . mi 1 ~x:p1-zm1e ml in 1 tilled ml Ids, 01' we xcention. n.ow I l aihle .1 .2: 1 ED. BRYSON S Confectionery Barrie store phone 125 Allandale store phone 770. min]. I the; will: :1 n d l _,_,,, Sixty per cent of H2.mi1ton s population own their own homes, a. . fact revealed by the figures of the 1923 assessment for the Ontario : city, which, according to these fig- ures, has 26,259 dwellings and 457 1 apartments. the wharves at Fort William and Port; Arthur this season has been unprecedented, according to reports `of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which, by the end of October, had I ` The great flour movement over 1 shipped 239,085 tons of flour to lower Lake ports. Port Arthur's building permits for the ten months ending October showed a total of $2,632,055, which is the biggest building year in the history of this Ontario city, exceed- ing even the total for 1921, one of the real estate boom years. Canada exported $4,778,000 worth of cheese to various countries dur- ` ing the month of October, an in- crease of $1,224,000, over the total ` value of cheese exported in October, 1922. The United Kingdom was by far the largest consumer, taking i 215,000 cwt.. valued at $4,634,000. ex 1 According to an announcement of H-on. E. H. Armstrong, Premier of Nova Scotia and Minister of Mines, the coal production of his province for this year will reach at least 6,200,000 tons, an increase over last year's production of 4,642,196 tons of more than 1,500,000 tons. The outlook for 1924 is encouraging. i I The Prince of Wales, unless inte1'- ` fererl with by affairs of state, in- tends to make annual visits to his Alberta ranch, William Carlyle, superintendent of the E. P. Ranch, told the members of the Canadian Society of '1`cL-hriical Ag:`iculturists in a them at Toronto 1'0- (vcntly Fur traders in the distant parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Bril- , ish Columbia, ordinarily weeks and ; months from mail . are now i getting 1`og:u1;u' q'.:ot:1tions. furs from the Calgary He1*a1L`1 s radio ` broadczxsting service. The zznnnal winter carnival at Banfl , wlnv.-ll is _\'e;n'ly lnc-:mnin,r; more p0;)L1lzu' and is attracting sporting emlmsiasis from all parts of the continent, will be held Fe`:- ruary `3-9, 192-1, while the Bzmff ` annual lxmspiel will take place Feb- ; wary I-9. DUNHILL S BRUYERE PIPES